Dear editor,
So they want to ship oil from North America across the Pacific Ocean to Asia.
While they are shipping oil from Asia across the Atlantic Ocean to North America.
That’s ridiculous.
You know what else is ridiculous?
They are sending that oil to fuel factories that used to be in North America.
For North American companies that sell the end product in North America.
Here’s a two-bird, one-stone suggestion.
Tell those North American companies that if they want the oil, they have to use it here.
And if they want to sell the product here, they have to make it here.
That will alleviate our affordable housing problem, because people will be earning the wages required.
And it will alleviate our health-care funding problem, because governments will be collecting the taxes required.
So, how about we all get behind this message:
“Bring back the factories!
“Bring back the factory jobs!”
Repeat.
Erik Eriksson,
Courtenay